Kamingespräch mit Hanan Ashrawi
In Kooperation mit Forum Alpbach Netzwerk
Bei einem spannenden Kamingespräch spricht Hanan Ashrawi über ihre Erfahrungen als palästinensische Aktivistin, Gesetzgeberin, und als die erste Frau, die in den palästinensischen Nationalrat gewählt wurde. Schaffen Sie sich einmalige Einblicke in Politik und Aktivismus in Palästina sowie die aktuelle Situation in der Region.
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Ph.D. Hanan ASHRAWI
Activist and Legislator; Member, Third Way Party, Jerusalem
Dr. Hanan Ashrawi is a distinguished Palestinian leader, legislator, activist and scholar who served as a member of the Leadership Committee and as an official spokesperson of the Palestinian delegation to the Middle East peace process, beginning with the Madrid Peace Conference of 1991. Dr. Ashrawi was appointed as the Palestinian Authority Minister of Higher Education and Research (1996), but she resigned from the post in protest at the non-implementation of reform plans in governance and peace talks (1998). Prior to that, she was Dean of the Faculty of Arts at Birzeit University, and Head of its Legal Aid Committee since the mid-1970s. | |
Dr. Ashrawi was elected to the Palestinian Legislative Council representing Jerusalem (1996), and, she was re-elected for the 'Third Way' bloc ticket (2006). Making history as the first woman to hold a seat in the highest executive body in Palestine, she was elected as member of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) in 2009. | |
As a civil society activist, she founded MIFTAH, the Palestinian Initiative for the Promotion of Global Dialogue and Democracy (1999) and continues to serve as head of its Board of Directors. In the same year, Dr. Ashrawi founded the National Coalition for Accountability and Integrity (AMAN). Moreover, she is the founder of the Independent Commission for Human Rights (ICHR) and has served as its Commissioner since 1994. | |
Dr. Ashrawi serves on the advisory and international boards of several organizations, including the World Bank Middle East and North Africa (MENA); the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD); the International Human Rights Council; US/Middle East Project; TAKREEM Arab Achievement Awards; International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA) Sweden; the Project on Justice in Times of Transition, USA; the Atlantic Council's Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East; the Palestine Institute for Public Diplomacy (PIPD); and the Holy Land Christian Ecumenical Foundation s Know Thy Heritage Program. |